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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.122 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: August 11, 1783 Pagination: 2 p. 20 x 16 cm Order a Copy

Also discusses the powers of Congress and need to define them. Suggests that a day may come when the junction of the Ohio and the Mississippi might be a central location for a capital.

Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803

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